PIRA Shoot Down British Helicopter 1988

A Provisional IRA unit of the South Armagh Brigade shoot down a British Army helicopter near Silverbridge. The attack happened on the 23rd of June 1988. Also included is a news report on the incident - in it the reporter states that this was the first time the IRA shot down a British helicopter - this is incorrect as one had been shot down on the 17th February 1978 near Jonesborough in south Armagh, killing the side-door gunner Iain Corden-Lloyd.

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[MisterVista]

5 people jumping out of a chopper and parachuting 10 foot away from the ground, seems legit

[obviouslycurtis]

OMG LOOK ITS SO REAL FUCK

[builder396]

Use a hand camera and shake it up well enough and it looks like actual amateur clips from an actual conflict, even though its just ArmA in fact.

[xCanterlot]

Chernogorsk.

[xenomorphelv426]

NBC TV Channel : Hello commander, can you describe the current situation of this conflict ?

Commander : Oh No, 2 is down....

[vespers119]

my favorite part is when he prones and the truck glitches.

[Steven Foxley]

this was not happened, the footage isn't in Ireland, the guys who took out hte helicopter sat iside an modified estate car with a 50 caliber & they were never filmed.Nor caught.

Up the Ra !

[nenatacim]

Arma

[DWSimmy]

It would have been perfect if you heard one of them saying "enemy man. 100 meters by that. Car."

[Alec MacCnaimin]

This is a video game

[TimCeallaigh]

Being an ArmA player...this "news" really LMAO...

[Clive Burr †]

Happy St Paddys! Up the RA!